Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

हुङ्कारतीर्थे राजेन्द्र शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् । यत्कृतं पुरुषव्याघ्र तन्नश्यति न कर्हिचित्

Transliteration

huṅkāratīrthe rājendra śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham | yatkṛtaṃ puruṣavyāghra tannaśyati na karhicit

Translation

ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ! ഹുങ്കാര തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ—ശുഭമായാലും അശുഭമായാലും—ഹേ പുരുഷവ്യാഘ്രാ! ചെയ്ത കർമ്മത്തിന്റെ ഫലം ഒരിക്കലും നശിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• huṅkāra-tīrthe: at (the) Huṅkāra-tīrtha
• huṅkāra-tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: huṅkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• śubham: good (deed/result)
• śubham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय — disjunctive particle ‘or’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय — conditional particle ‘if’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय — ‘or’

• aśubham: evil (deed/result)
• aśubham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular; नञ्-प्रत्यय: ‘not good’

• yat: whatever (which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘whatever/that which’

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — PPP (क्त) ‘done’ agreeing with yat

• puruṣa-vyāghra: O tiger among men
• puruṣa-vyāghra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular; ‘man-tiger’ = best of men

• tat: that (deed/result)
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun ‘that’ (referring to the deed)

• naśyati: perishes, is destroyed
• naśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular present active

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation

• karhicit: ever, at any time
• karhicit: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: karhicit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय — ‘ever/at any time’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing a king; contextually within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṅkāra Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank tīrtha with a marked shrine/linga or emblem signifying 'Huṅkāra'; a king listens to a sage; above, a subtle cosmic ledger motif shows deeds turning into enduring fruits, warning against wrongdoing.

Characters & Entities

• Huṅkāra Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places intensify karmic accountability—actions done there bear unfailing results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Huṅkāra Tīrtha, a named tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it gives a cautionary dharma-principle about conduct at Huṅkāra Tīrtha.